#5E8DCD#5E8DCD

#5E8DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.110 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E8DCD
RGB	rgb(94, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(215, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 2.58, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 37.95, 273.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0258 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.11 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1566, 25.8352, 61.4068)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E8DCD #CD9E5E

analogous

#5EC4CD #5E8DCD #665ECD

triadic

#5E8DCD #CD5E8D #8DCD5E

tetradic

#5E8DCD #CD5EC4 #CD9E5E #5ECD66

square

#5E8DCD #CD5EC4 #CD9E5E #5ECD66

split-complementary

#5E8DCD #CD665E #C4CD5E

monochromatic

#2A5187 #386DB5 #5E8DCD #8DAEDC #BBCFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#5E8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#5E8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5E8DCD

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5E8DCD	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.110 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93aedc',
    500: '#5e8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e8dcd;
$custom-light: #93aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.595,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63727,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E8DCD

secondary

#D9C7AD

accent

#9F4CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E8DCD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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